Dong Yan'an asked, but Yin Ruyun did not speak.
Dong Yan'an looked at Yin Ruyun, who was motionless on the bed, and assumed she was asleep.
Although several people disliked Yin Ruyun, they subconsciously lowered their voices to avoid disturbing the sleeping person.
It was not suitable to read after just finishing a meal, but speaking would worry about disturbing Yin Ruyun, so the atmosphere in the dormitory became somewhat stagnant.
After a few casual remarks, the girls, bored, simply went back to their beds to continue reading.
Li Jianhong slept on the bunk opposite Yin Ruyun.
When she climbed onto the bed, she happened to see Yin Ruyun's eyes open, staring blankly at the ceiling.
But Yin Ruyun had not answered Dong Yan'an at all, and Li Jianhong, after thinking for a moment, did not dare to speak to her proactively.
Li Jianhong glanced at the others; none of them had noticed, so she pretended not to see anything, took out a book, and quietly began to read.
The dormitory lights were turned off at ten-thirty. The girls read until ten minutes to nine before going to the washroom to clean up and prepare for bed.
Su Xiaotian read for ten hours today, successfully earning a lottery draw.
The items Su Xiaotian could obtain from the lottery draws were now fragmented.
Some were useful in the short term, but others were not yet needed.
Today, Su Xiaotian drew a blueprint and a trench coat.
The style of the trench coat was very beautiful. Although it was just a drawing, Su Xiaotian felt that if a trench coat of this style were produced, it would surely bring in a large income.
However, Su Xiaotian held the blueprint but had no way to put it into production.
Su Xiaotian regretted this very much.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought of giving the blueprint to Su Taohua, but Su Taohua's small factory was still too small, with severely insufficient production capacity.
If enough goods could not be produced in a short period, once sales began, pirated versions would quickly appear.
At that time, the blueprint would be wasted.
After much thought, Su Xiaotian decided to temporarily store the blueprint in the system space.
While the blueprint was not needed now, Su Xiaotian felt that in two or three years, bringing out clothes of this style would still not be outdated.
She would wait and see if perhaps Aunt Taohua's small factory could get development opportunities in two or three years.
When she slept that night, Su Xiaotian felt exceptionally peaceful.
The habit she had cultivated over the years was that only reading made her feel fulfilled.
It seemed that habits were indeed important.
Su Xiaotian thought that Su Taohua's factory was developing a bit slowly, but Su Taohua herself felt that the factory had developed quite rapidly.
After all, in just a few years, it had gone from a small tailor shop to a factory with over twenty workers.
Although the area was small and the number of people was few, it had finally achieved large-scale production.
Su Taohua was still lamenting this when she spoke with Shen Zizhen that night.
Shen Zizhen also thought that Su Taohua's factory was developing well and encouraged Su Taohua to continue her efforts.
Su Xiaotian could not know about these conversations.
In fact, most people around thought that Su Taohua's factory was developing at a rather fast pace.
Only Su Xiaotian, having had too smooth a journey, thought the development speed was slow.
The night passed without incident. The next morning, the other girls also got up to prepare for washing.
Su Xiaotian remembered what her brother had told her: the people who could participate in the military parade at the school were selected by the school.
Her brother not only told her that the freshmen of their year would form a hundred-person formation to participate in the military parade but also specifically mentioned that their class had more eligible people than other classes.
However, he did not know how many people from the Chinese Language and Literature class would ultimately participate.
While brushing her teeth, Su Xiaotian wondered how many people from the Chinese Language and Literature class would ultimately be able to participate in the military parade.
Since the final decision rested with the school, the school would likely consider more factors.
It was absolutely impossible that the selection standard would be purely based on military training performance.
In such matters, there was actually a tacit rule: those selected absolutely had to be handsome and beautiful.
Those who were too fat, too tall, too short, or had disproportionate features were likely to be screened out.
After all, standing together, they would be uncoordinated and would ruin the overall image.
Su Xiaotian had to sigh that people who looked good had an inherent advantage.
Then, she suddenly felt that she might be rejected.
Although her performance was excellent, and she was the class monitor, she was ultimately too young.
In a small formation of one hundred people, she might be uncoordinated with the others.
If the school considered this aspect, the possibility of her being eliminated was high.
Fortunately, Su Xiaotian was a person who went with the flow, and she was not overly concerned about whether she would be selected.
She would still go to class as usual.
In any case, the result would be announced by next Monday at the latest, so she didn't need to worry too much.
In other words, it would be great if she were included, but if not, then so be it.
Meanwhile, Huo Sinian was arguing in the principal's office.
Yes, arguing.
The reason was that the principal intended to remove Su Xiaotian from the list of the formation.
As for the reason, it was similar to what Su Xiaotian had guessed. The vice-principal in charge of this matter believed that having a thirteen or fourteen-year-old among a group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old students would affect the formation.
However, Huo Sinian's stance was that others could be replaced, but Su Xiaotian must be included.
"Teacher Huo, I heard that your fiancée is Su Xiaotian's sister. You can't show special favor to your future sister-in-law for this reason!" Vice-principal Xiao Yuanyang looked at Huo Sinian with an unfriendly expression.
Huo Sinian was almost infuriated by these words.
He actually knew that his transfer from the School of Economics and Trade to Peking University had, in a way, blocked Xiao Yuanyang's path.
Xiao Yuanyang was maneuvering to secure an opportunity for his sister-in-law to transfer to Peking University, but unexpectedly, Huo Sinian had taken the position without any prior notice.
If it were someone else, they might have held a slight grudge, but Xiao Yuanyang was not.
Xiao Yuanyang was a very petty person.
He resented Huo Sinian for this matter and had often obstructed Huo Sinian.
Now that he finally had such an opportunity, he would naturally make good use of it.
"Since Vice-Principal Xiao thinks this way, then anything more I say is futile. However, I will not compromise on this matter."
After saying these words, Huo Sinian left without waiting for Xiao Yuanyang to speak further, slamming the door.
If he couldn't even have his way in this matter, Huo Sinian felt that staying at Peking University would have little meaning.
Of course, this was not because his own reputation was at stake.
Instead, it was because such an outstanding student as Su Xiaotian was being suppressed by the school instead of being cherished. Huo Sinian felt that there was no point in staying in such a school.